PRN Patient Care Nursing Assistant - Perioperative Services

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Job Title

PRN Patient Care Nursing Assistant - Perioperative Services

Location

Akron

Facility

Akron General Medical Center

Department

Perioperative Services-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Job Code

AK9986

Shift

Day/Evening Rotation

Schedule

5:00am-6:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General where we have been providing world-class care to the community for over 100 years. At Akron General, you will work and learn from some of the best caregivers, provide and receive multitudes of support and appreciation, and create steppingstones toward a rewarding career with one of the world's most respected healthcare organizations. We strive for patient-centered care and comfort, and we are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.

Patient Care Nursing Assistants (PCNAs) within Perioperative Services perform various tasks, ensuring patients receive frequent attention and feel comfortable, supported and safe throughout treatment. Some of your daily responsibilities will include helping with transporting patients from the floors, rounding on patients, emptying foleys/drains and more. Patients in this area can be anxious and nervous, allowing you to have the chance to ease tension and their anxiety as they prepare to be in a new environment. An ideal caregiver in this role should have strong communication skills to interact with both patients and nurses. In this role, you will gain a wide variety of skills you can use in advanced positions or other departments within the Cleveland Clinic system.

A PRN caregiver in this position works varying days from 5:00AM – 6:30PM, including every 5th weekend and up to two holidays per year.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Prepare units, patient rooms and patient beds for receiving patient admission, returning surgical patients, transfer or emergencies.

• Provide and document assigned care, such as bathing, changing/refreshing bed linens, dressing/undressing, back rubs, etc.

• Take and document the patient's temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, weight and height.

• Perform treatment procedures, such as venous blood draws, enemas, application of ice and heat packs, non-sterile compresses, skin preps, setting up oxygen equipment, bed scale weights, setting up overhead trapeze and Buck’s traction and removing urinary foley catheters.

• Prepare patients for meals, assist in feeding patients if necessary and distribute water and other nourishments according to patient needs in compliance with physician orders.

• Assist with pre-operative and post-operative care, such as turning and positioning patients with proper body mechanics, applying/utilizing special equipment and ambulating the patient as directed in a safe, prescribed manner.

• Assist and accompany patients during admission, transfer and discharge.

• Perform hourly safety rounds, anticipate patient needs and respond to patient call lights promptly.

• Collect, properly label and transport specimens to proper area.

• Assist in keeping patient rooms in order, reporting equipment that is out of order, cleaning equipment (as assigned) and mandatory inventory and distributing unit linen and supplies.

• Document patient care in the electronic medical record.

• Complete ongoing competency requirements, education programs and mandatory training to maintain certification and/or licensure.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon hire or within new hire period

• Prior job or educational experience providing basic computer knowledge and skills

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA)

• One year of recent acute care experience

• Military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking. Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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